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Romance scams listed among top 20 scams reported in the US

www.koaa.comEnglishObserved 2024-09-26
Included for relevance; source claims are not independently verified. This record is based on saved titles and descriptions unless a separate deeper-reading assessment is explicitly shown. Observation dates are not incident dates. An arrest or charge is not a conviction.

How to read this record

Own FBIattributedColorado~18000/10m2023 sourceclaim. Retainownperiod/countlossdenominator/possibleallocationlimits, not independent incidence.

Evidence basis: saved title description

Places in the available evidence

Victim location: United States

Basis: place_mapping
Scope: article
Reason: Contextually reviewed geographic role with exact source evidence. Nationality, language and URL suffix do not establish location.

Unlisted locations remain unknown. Nationality, language and web address alone do not establish where a scam happened.

Current source qualifications

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

source specific current qualifications

field
desc
reason
Nearly18000/$10m own FBI-attributed report claim, retain count/loss scopes and no independent incidence/incident dates.
subject
Colorado_reports
reported outcome
attributed_reporting_period
is entire code dimension denial
false
Source statement flags
source truth verified
false

Reported developments

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

development assertions

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reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
reported_loss
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value

development assertions

role
reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
research_statistics
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value
Current annotation provenance

The base reviewed revision is preserved. Current source bindings and approved qualifications are attached for this release.

base version key
975b06a5744ccd60baf02ef8a87344fa64e150959cc741d0978093370935f1a1
current source binding
input hash
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decision id
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document id
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hash domain
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enrichment id
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finding evidence sha256
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enrichment payload sha256
ca76719aa31fb12672c88e2ba90d9ca4e7939d438de74e1fd234307ea995ec10
approved delta ids
No listed value
provenance
Item 1
json pointer
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artifact sha256
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annotation key
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Themes reported in the text

These labels describe the available reporting. “Not reported” does not mean a harm did not happen. A theme's stage applies to that statement, not every claim in the article.

Financial and property harm

unspecifiedallegationStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
multiple cases
Person or institution described
targeted person
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established
All 24 assessed themes
ThemeAssessment
Blame, stigma and responsibility framingnot reported in available text
Homicide and lethal violencenot reported in available text
Disruption of daily lifenot reported in available text
Financial and property harmreported in available text
Suicide and self-harmnot reported in available text
Family and social harmnot reported in available text
Protection or recovery of assetsnot reported in available text
Policy and regulatory responsenot reported in available text
Justice proceedings and outcomesnot reported in available text
Coercion and exploitationnot reported in available text
Psychological distressnot reported in available text
Blackmail and extortionnot reported in available text
Help, reporting and preventionnot reported in available text
Physical or sexual harmnot reported in available text
Investment pretextnot reported in available text
Technical facilitationnot reported in available text
Investigation and operational responsenot reported in available text
Organization and division of labornot reported in available text
Relationship-based deceptioninsufficient context
Involvement in other offendingnot reported in available text
Continued or renewed targetingnot reported in available text
Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerabilitynot reported in available text
Institutional barriers or harmful responsenot reported in available text
Moving money for a schemenot reported in available text

Connected reporting

Only direct reviewed connections are shown. Shared wording is weaker evidence than a supported case connection. A connection through a third article does not establish that two reports concern the same case.

No direct connection is recorded. This does not establish that the story is unique.

Research provenance

1 saved revision. Corrections preserve earlier versions.

A page can change after it first appears. Observation dates record when its URL was seen; they do not prove that the wording assessed here was present on every date.

Record: 317e14ad8253821024ccfb7ea1b6bf71f521e3132e0e1208c9d6003d37f12ce6
Decision: c4e4621450e84d1c8b1e0f7a93bde0547dfe322768b398889f262360c3ea40ab
Base reviewed revision: 975b06a5744ccd60baf02ef8a87344fa64e150959cc741d0978093370935f1a1

The local research archive retains source hashes, quoted evidence and review records. This collection does not redistribute full publisher articles.